Manimal - Trapped In The Shadows |
Published November 23 2015
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Irresistible March Of Madness The Dark Trapped In The Shadows* Invincible* Man-Made Devil Silent Messiah* The Journey Screaming Out Psychopomp* |
| Genre | Power/Heavy Metal |
Samuel Nyman
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Vocals
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| Tracks | 10 |
Henrik Stenroos
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Guitar
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| Running time | 50 Min. |
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Guitar
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| Label | AFM Records |
Kenny Boufadene
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Bass
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| Release | November 20, 2015 |
André Holmqvist
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Drums
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| Country | Sweden |
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| Producer | - | ||
| Similar artists | Tad Morose, Primal Fear | ||
It's been 6 years since the Swedish metallers Manimal released their debut album, The Darkest Room, so if you ever took the time to listen to it, it's at this point quite possible that you've already forgotten the most stuff of what they came out with back then. I know I have. So full speed ahead to this album instead, where they truly are coming back with a vengeance as they are indeed showing some really solid evidence of being a force to be reckoned with today.
Trapped In The Shadows is a great album really, where the band puts forward a bunch of effective and captivating songs in the borderland of power and heavy metal and to some extent also melodic metal. Some songs are speedy with high-pitched vocals to fit the specifics of power metal, whilst other ones are heavier and more riff based and are dwelling in the realms of heavy metal, and lastly a few of them contain more of a melodic touch, yet kind of fast still, to be precise.
This release is undoubtedly not showing signs of being anything that's widely outspread or hitting too many different directions though. It has a clear line throughout the entire album, which they naturally don't diverge from for the most part. It's metal, it's fresh and it's firing on all cylinders. Not the least brutal, neither especially massive nor immensely heavy. Just a really inspiring mission where they are able to entwine melodies, strong vocals, catchy stuff and nice riffing into a blasting piece of music.
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8 chalices of 10 - Tobbe |
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